About Maxine
Maxine Allan graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute with a Bachelor in Fine Art in 1987.
She exhibited in San Francisco and Los Angeles for 10 years until moving back to Scotland in 1997 where her continued fascination of art and the unconscious earned her a Post Graduate Degree in Art Therapy.
Maxine moved to Brighton in 2003 and founded ARTYFACTS, running inspirational art programs that offer local children the opportunity to explore their individuality and self-expression through art.
Maxine – scavenging for materials in San Francisco
Maxine continues to show her sculptural work in the South of England, creating mix media art works and trophy like objets d’art which explore the affinities between natural and man-made objects, unfolding the evidence of surreal stories and the marriages of objects.
Curriculum Vitae
09-1997 Edinburgh University, Scotland: Post Graduate Degree in Art Therapy
06-1989 San Francisco Art Institute: BA, Fine Arts
06-1986 Sheffield Polytechnic: Fine Art (credits transferred)
04-1985 Kingston Polytechnic: Fine Art Foundation Course. Distinction
04-2004 – Founder and Art Teacher at ARTYFACTS.
Inspiring children through art delivering after School Art Classes to Primary Schools Brighton, Sussex.
04-2001 Art Therapist. “Make Your Mark” – Derry, Northern Ireland.
Working therapeutically using Art with children experiencing trauma, bereavement and special needs. Offering induction training and workshops to schools hospitals, hospices and social work services. Duties included workshop facilitation, training design and delivery, client liaison and report writing.
09-2000 Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow University Adult Education, Scotland. Introduction to Art Therapy
01-1998 Professor of Fine Arts. St. George’s University, School of Arts and Sciences, Grenada, West Indies.
Developed and taught a curriculum for the Fine Arts, including; Introduction to Fine Arts I and Fine Arts II, Mixed Media, Sculpture I and II, and Arts in the Caring Profession.
Special projects included four major student art exhibitions, the creation of murals in the Children’s ward of the General Hospital and St. George’s University campus, and seminars for police and nurses on the importance of creativity in helping children cope with trauma.
11-1997 Self-Employed Art Therapist, Grenada, West Indies.
Medical Supervisor: Beverly Nelson, M.D. F.A.A.P
04-1996 Preoperative Play Coordinator at Sick Children’s Hospital NHS Edinburgh Scotland.
06-1990 Curator of ‘Show and Tell’ Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2002 Grant for children experiencing trauma during the troubles in Northern Ireland
- 1996 Carnegie Grant, Tuition for Art Therapy Post Graduate Degree
- 1990 San Francisco New Langtons International Artists Award
- 1989 San Francisco Art Institute, CA. Annual Book Award
- 2019, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 09, 07 + 04 Open House Fringe Festival , Brighton, Sussex, England.
- 2018 Waterloo Gallery, Alfiston, East Sussex , England.
- 2017 Waterloo Gallery, Alfiston, East Sussex, England.
- 2016 – Lingwood Samuel Art Gallary, Godalming, Surrey, England (Group Show)
- 2015 – Lingwood Samuel Art Gallery, Surrey, England
- 1999 – Yellow Poi Gallery, Grenada, West Indies
- 1998-Yellow Poi Art Gallery, Grenada, West Indies.
- 1996 – Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Solo show)
- 1993 – Di Rosa Museum, Napa, California. Permanent collection
- 1992 – Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco, California. (Group show)
- 1991- Limelight, New York, New York. USA.
- 1990 – New Langtons Gallery, San Francisco. California USA
- 1989- Warfield, 982 Market St, San Francisco, California, USA
- 1988 – San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California. USA